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H. A. DYGERT. HOT AIR CABINET.

(Application fllad Aug. 1, 1898. Renewed Dec. 8, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

HENRY ARTHUR DYGERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOT-AIR CABINET.

SPEGIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,124, dated June 11, 1901. Application filed August 1, 1898. Renewed DecemberlS, 1900. Serial No.- 39,227. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ARTHUR DY- GERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-Air Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cabinets for giving hot-air or steam baths; and it consists of certain peculiarities of construction which make it possible to roll it into a small space and which add to the convenience of using it.

Referring to the drawings which accompany this specification as an indispensable part of it, Figure I shows my hot-air cabinet set up and ready for use. It consists of the upright cylindrical casing A, made of pressboard and secured at the ends by two wingnut bolts a a, which pass through a strip of wood g, riveted firmly to one end of the sheet of press-board, and which admits by means of the notches f f the opposing strip of wood g, V

' riveted to the other end of the press-board sheet.

Fig. IV shows the two strips of Wood 9 g, the wing-nuts a a, and the notches ff.

From a point on the front of the cabinet half-way down and extending in a plane to the top, midway between the front and back, the cylinder is cut away. The object of this is twofold: First, it lessens the space to be heated, and, second, it lowers the front of the cabinet, so as to permit the bather to step in and out easily without the trouble of disconnecting the bolts a a.

Besides the cylindrical casing and to accompany it as a necessary part of my hot-air cabinet is a cover It, (shown in Fig. I,) of rubber cloth or other suitable fabric, through .each side of the top of the cylinder.

cessed at each end 6. e, so as to fit into the hollow of a support-pin b, Fig. III, firmly fixed on This arrangement holds the cover securely in place, but allows it to be readily removed and rolled up when not in use, and it also gives added rigidity to the cylinder itself. The cover is fitted inside with two buttons d d, Fig. I, and a rubber band j, fastening under the bathers chin, so as to close the opening after the bather is seated.

In using my hot-air cabinet the required temperature is produced by the use of an ordinary alcohol-stove or any other suitable means and the bather sits on a chair or stool, with his head protruding through the hole in cover.

For storage or to pack for shipping it is obvious that the cover can be tightly rolled 011 the roller, and the casing of press-board can also be compactly rolled.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hot-air cabinet, the combination with a cylindrical casing having overlapping edges provided with fastening devices; support pins having journal-bearings secured to the upper edge of said casing, of a roller journaled in said bearings and a flexible cover secured to said roller, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ARTHUR DYGERT.

Witnesses:

ALFRED M. SLooUM, W. H. STOVELL. 

